Improvement in mop-wringers



UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIGE.-

AARON W. BUNNELL, OF LINESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOP-WRINGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,828, dated November 25, 1873 application filed March 29, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON W. BUNNELL, of Linesville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Mops and Wringers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l ofthe drawings is a representation of a sectional view of my mop -head. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

This invention has relation to mop-heads; and itconsists in the construction and novel arrangement of the sliding sleeve, rigidly attached to the mop-holding plate, and the extension-handle having rigidly attached to its end the wringer cross-bar, whereby the mopcloth band is stretched for wringing by push- Y ing the handle with its rigidly-attached crossbar down through the sleeve, which is de signed to be provided with a suitable odset or shoulder to give a purchase against the edge of a tub or stationary projection, whereby the mop is wrung.

1n the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates that portion of the mop-head to which rthe cloth is attached. This consists of the sleeve a., the cross-head b made convex toward the cloth, and connected with transverse bar o at the other end of the sleeveby the bracerods d, the springs'e, and the concave sliding cross-plate h having openings at its center and ends for the passage, respectively, of thesleeve a and the braces d. rlhe cloth slipped over the convex cross-head b is secured by the concave slide-plate h, which is pressed down upon it by the springs e. The opposite side of the cross-head bis concave. B indicates an extension-shank, which may be connected with the handle C by a ferrule, key, or other device. This shank passes through the sleeve d, and is provided at its end with a rigid cross-bar, z. D indicates a spring stop, by means of which the sleeve c of the mop -head is locked at the end of the extensionwith the cross-bar e, in position lying lengthwise within the concavity' of the under side of the cross-head b. When the parts are thus locked together, the mop-head will not turn on the extension, and may be conveniently operated by the handle.

ln wringing the mop, the spring-stop is disengaged by pressure, and the sliding head A forced back upon the extension-shank by catching the cross-bar o upon the edge of the tub or other convenient projection. The handle can then be turned, rotating the shank B in the sleeve af, and twisting the cross-bar z in the mop-cloth; or the bar c may be held by one hand while the handle is pushed down and twisted with the other.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the wringer mop-holder having the mop-head b rigidly attached to the sleeve a, and the wringer cross-bar z rigidly attached to the handle-shank B, and the offset c, or its equivalent, rigidly attached to the sleeve a, as specilied.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

AARON WHITED BUNNELL.-

Witnesses:

E. C. HUGHES, E. S. GRAHAM. 

